Normal MRI of Lumbar Spine

After Slip Disc, MRI of Lumbar Spine

If you are suffering from back pain since many years that subsides sometimes and aggravates sometimes, then you should check with a Physiotherapist. You might suffer from slip disc!

Slip Disc

Spinal column is made up of a series of bones (vertebrae) stacked onto each other. From top to bottom, the column includes seven bones in the cervical spine, 12 in the thoracic spine, and five in the lumbar spine, followed by the sacrum and the coccyx at the base. These bones are cushioned by discs. The discs protect the bones by absorbing the shocks from daily activities like walking, lifting, and twisting. Each disc has two parts: a soft, gelatinous inner portion and a tough outer ring. Injury or weakness can cause the inner portion of the disc to protrude through the outer ring. This is known as a slipped, herniated, or prolapsed disc.

If the slipped disc compresses one of your spinal nerves, you may also experience numbness and pain along the affected nerve. You will be suffer from Sciatica pain.

Symptoms of a slipped disc

  • Pain and numbness, most commonly on one side of the body
  • Pain that extends to legs
  • Pain that worsens at night or with certain movements
  • Pain that worsens after standing or sitting
  • Pain when walking short distances
  • Unexplained muscle weakness
  • Tingling, aching, or burning sensations in the affected area

Physiotherapy

Physiotherapy plays a major role in herniated disc recovery. Its methods not only offer immediate pain relief, but they also teach you how to condition your body to prevent further injury and pain. In most cases, you can expect to recover in two weeks with physiotherapy sessions and home exercises. Physiotherapist mainly prescribe you dynamic lumbar stabilization exercises. This program features exercises that work the abdominal and back muscles to address posture, flexibility, and strength. If your back muscle is properly strengthened then you can be relieving from slip disc symptoms. Three steps mainly we must follow. diet, nutrition, strengthening exercises, correct posture.if you follow correctly all this you can lead a normal life along with slip disc. Many of my patient having slip disc but they all are free from any symptoms and pain because they follow all the things guided by me.